After becoming disabled in 2005 I have lost a lot. I have had big changes in my standard of living. I was forced to give up my house in Maine as I could no longer afford the combined cost of mortgage, insurance, upkeep, transportation, and food. Life on Social Security Disability Insurance is not easy. The small fixed income doesn't go very far. When I lived in Maine they helped some. The state payed my Medicare premium of $104 per month which helped a lot.And they also payed for most of fire wood. A charity organization brought me the rest of my wood. People in Maine really care for an try to help one another in need! I miss that. After not being able to deal with GMAC mortgage who forced foreclosure on us I had been having a lot of problems with chronic pain from Arthritis. So I had a dream three nights in a row. In the dream God was speaking to me telling me He had work for me to do in Yuma,Arizona and I was to come here to evangelize and sing for His glory. He went on to say I would feel better here in the dry desert air. So we put the resources together traded my wifes car our little fishing boat,motor and trailer, my new lawn tractor, and our pop up camper for a 30' Class A motor home. Bought a two wheeled car caddy and put my Chevy Tracker behind it and packed up.Down the road we went. First stop Michigan to spend the summer with my wifes children.We had a great time in Michigan that summer especially at Rose Lake in Tustin. What a pretty place. I just love the black squirrels. Our dog Lilo loved chasing them LOL. Visited Resurrection Life Church in Cadillac,Michigan. Great up beat praise and worship for the young and young at heart, I just loved it! They are really getting the youth set on fire for God and it is a great thing to witness. They will certainly be blessed in all their ventures as long as they stay as righteous in their focus as they were as I witnessed them. They had one thing in mind and that was being disciples and teaching discipleship We finally got to Yuma on the 9th of October 2009. Immediate culture shock! Sure wish I could speak the Mexican version of Spanish. It's like your on the out side looking in around here. Now I am the minority. It evens out a little from October to March when the Snowbirds come down from western Canada, the Dakotas, Wyoming, Northern California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho,and many other northwestern locations. Most of these folks are old retired white folks a lot are fairly wealthy. Some are nice Godly folk and many are NOT! Some of them are the kind that make me ashamed of my own race! I thought there was racism in Maine and then I came here! This place breeds racism! It breaks God's heart I can feel it! I have traveled the world being a veteran and I can tell you your typical Arizonan cares much, much more for the contents in his wallet than his fellow man.I can see why God wanted me to come here to evangelize. Even the pastors in some of the churches out here are really at a loss for what God really asks of us. The churches address needs to communities elsewhere and ignore their own community where many have substantial need. The church has become so involved in the politics of the world an the divisiveness this creates in the body of Christ they are no longer following the will of God but are following their own will. If they were following the will of God the would let the Bible lead their life and ignore the world and all the ways of it. Allowing the world to go in the way God has already foretold that it will and believe upon Him for His victory and worry not!
